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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Charleston Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 45019002005 · Charleston County, SC · pop 6,455 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Charleston

With a score of 3/10, tract 45019002005 in Charleston, SC reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,455. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 6% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,403
Renter share10.2%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$108,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 45 tracts In Charleston
Low
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#76 of 98 tracts In Charleston County
Low
Within state
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#932 of 1,317 tracts In South Carolina
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Charleston and the region

Centroid at 32.7311, -79.9132 · click any tract to drill in

Why Charleston scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Charleston
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
South Carolina legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,422 rent vs county FMR
8.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Charleston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Charleston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Charleston
3.0

How Charleston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Charleston risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0020053.5Charlestonparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 1

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 43Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.12%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.2%Peak (2013)
  • 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 45019002005
Filings climbed 86% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 42Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.47×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Charleston, SC as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Charleston

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. At $2,422 a month, rents run 41% over what the rest of Charleston commands. The voucher gap is 33.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. 39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Charleston County average of 45.9%.

Food insecurity runs 6.9% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 filings here across 4 tracked years.

Housing insecurity runs 6.2% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Charleston County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 45019002005

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 45019002005?

Census tract 45019002005 in Charleston scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 45019002005?

Median gross rent is $2,422/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 45019002005?

2.9% of residents in tract 45019002005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,455.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 45019002005?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 6th, minority 8th, housing 6th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 45019002005?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 45019002005 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.12% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 45019002005 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Charleston eviction risk, SC), 2020-2021.
Q7

What share of households in tract 45019002005 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 45019002005 compare to Charleston overall?

Tract 45019002005 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Charleston at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Charleston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Charleston

Top eight tracts in Charleston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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